I’ve been having loads of fun recently making small things! I’d never really entertained the idea of diddly bits until Nicky, who runs our local craft shop, Seahorse, suggested it. So…I made a set of brooches for “Origin“. I’ve tried various approaches to corsage, peonies, poppies: none of which really worked in my estimation. Then…

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about how my work is constantly evolving, changing morphing in form and colour in to a related but kind of different version of it’s parent . I used to and still sometimes do feel as though the work shouldn’t. As though the perfect design would not need to change…

Last night was loud! Like being stuck in a manhole with roadworks above . That was the rain and hail and rattling roof slates and bins flying in the gail force winds. No school for Tom this morning as a result of a tree down at Baligrundle, shed over the road at Skinny’s and another…

Hello again. Back to my computer and textiles and a list as long as my arm of to do’s and resolutions. The festive season was cosy and boozy. Lots of visits and singing (after rediscovering the beatles for buskers book) and, of course, the Campbell Ceilidh on the 29th.This has become a yearly fixture when…

Tom was off school yesterday…bank holiday or something. Our van is off the island getting a much needed medical so we are either on bike or foot or hitching. Weather was cold and very windy but we wrapped up like eskimos and faced the elements to get to the studio. So, he was with me…

For those of you wondering where your beret, scarf ,wrap is after ordering at ‘Origin’. It’s coming! emerging from my scissors and sewing machine. Infact, by now it is , most likely made and waiting in a bag to be labled and sent. The boxes which I ordered three weeks ago havn’t arrived yet courtesy…

Well…I’m back! Far from the frantic pace of the big smoke and readjusting to island life. ‘Origin’ this year was good for Mogwaii. I was showing only fashion items which, I think, increased the activity on the stand. I have a hunch that showing fashion and interiors at the same time can dilute the impact…